Dole's purple heart injury was from his own grenade!

On Sunday, former Sen. Dole claimed that Kerry's Purple heart injuries were superficial, that he didn't deserve them. Bob Dole should know about not deserving Purple Hearts. Bob Dole long ago admitted that Bob Dole's first Purple Heart injury was FROM HIS OWN GRENADE!

From Joshua Marshal, at Talking Points Memo,

In a 1988 campaign-trail autobiography, here's how Dole described the incident that earned him his first Purple Heart: "As we approached the enemy, there was a brief exchange of gunfire. I took a grenade in hand, pulled the pin, and tossed it in the direction of the farmhouse. It wasn't a very good pitch (remember, I was used to catching passes, not throwing them). In the darkness, the grenade must have struck a tree and bounced off. It exploded nearby, sending a sliver of metal into my leg--the sort of injury the Army patched up with Mercurochrome and a Purple Heart."

And Kos rightly points out:

Notice that even though much was made of Dole's military service during the 1996 election (comparing it to Clinton's draft avoidance), Democrats were much too classy to try and smear Dole's war record or question the validty of his first Purple Heart.

Done. Done. And Done!